Question

After reading a section of his English textbook that is very confusing, a student exclaims, “This is as clear as mud!” How does this statement demonstrate irony?(1 point) Responses by using verbal irony to indicate that the text really isn’t clear at all and is actually very confusing by using verbal irony to indicate that the text really isn’t clear at all and is actually very confusing by using situational irony to stress how absurd it is that he cannot understand one of his own textbooks by using situational irony to stress how absurd it is that he cannot understand one of his own textbooks by using dramatic irony to give the illusion that he understands the text and is able to read it clearly by using dramatic irony to give the illusion that he understands the text and is able to read it clearly by using classical irony to describe the text using a simile so that those not reading it can picture it by using classical irony to describe the text using a simile so that those not reading it can picture it

Answer 1

The statement demonstrates verbal irony to indicate that the text really isn't clear at all and is actually very confusing. The student uses the phrase "as clear as mud" to sarcastically express the opposite of what the words literally mean, conveying frustration with the confusing nature of the textbook.